Power to harm, harmfulness; harmful action or effect. Of a disease, a poison, etc.: virulence. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [noun] > degree of intensity > violence or severity (10) malicea1382 Power to harm, harmfulness; harmful action or effect. Of a disease, a poison, etc.: virulence. Obsolete. vehemency?1541 With reference to pain, disease, etc.: = vehemence, n. 3b. malignity1543 Medicine. = malignancy, n. 5a. Now rare. acutenessa1644 Suddenness of onset of a disease, symptom, etc.; rapidity of progression to a crisis; severity. Also in figurative context. Cf. acute, adj. 1a. virulency1651 = virulence, n. 2. malignancy1693 Medicine. The property of being malignant (see malignant, adj. 3a); the degree to which a neoplasm or (formerly) other type of disease is… virulence1748 The property or quality of being physically virulent or full of virus; extreme poisonousness or venomousness; malignity or violence (of disease). severity1808 Violence or acuteness (of illness). acuity1839 Medicine. The degree to which a disease or symptom is acute (acute, adj. 1a); the property of being acute. Also: the acute stage or crisis (of a… fulminancy1887 Medicine. The quality or condition of being severe or life-threatening. Cf. fulminant, adj. 3. |
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